bit bucketing

A form of bit bucket — A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bit bucket
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bit bucketing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bit%20bucketing

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“bit bucketing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bit%20bucketing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bit bucketing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bit%20bucketing.

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